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NYSE:MAA

Mid-America Apartment Communities - MAA Competitors

$151.04
+2.56 (+1.72%)
(As of 03/31/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$148.38
$151.17
50-Day Range
$139.99
$174.61
52-Week Range
$138.68
$217.64
Volume
773,692 shs
Average Volume
824,802 shs
Market Capitalization
$17.61 billion
P/E Ratio
27.51
Dividend Yield
3.71%
Price Target
$174.96

MAA vs. SUI, ESS, UDR, EQR, ELS, AVB, CPT, VTR, WPC, and IRM

Should you be buying Mid-America Apartment Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mid-America Apartment Communities include Sun Communities (SUI), Essex Property Trust (ESS), UDR (UDR), Equity Residential (EQR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Ventas (VTR), W. P. Carey (WPC), and Iron Mountain (IRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Mid-America Apartment Communities vs.

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.

In the previous week, Mid-America Apartment Communities had 5 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities and 9 mentions for Sun Communities. Sun Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' score of -0.03 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mid-America Apartment Communities
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Sun Communities
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Mid-America Apartment Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. Mid-America Apartment Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mid-America Apartment Communities$2.02 billion8.72$637.44 million$5.4927.51
Sun Communities$2.97 billion5.90$253 million$1.9871.15

Mid-America Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays out 102.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Communities pays out 177.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mid-America Apartment Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mid-America Apartment Communities has a net margin of 31.51% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 8.15%. Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity of 10.72% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mid-America Apartment Communities 31.51% 10.72% 5.86%
Sun Communities 8.15% 3.12% 1.52%

91.2% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Sun Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Mid-America Apartment Communities received 113 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.30% of users gave Mid-America Apartment Communities an outperform vote while only 62.83% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mid-America Apartment CommunitiesOutperform Votes
495
63.30%
Underperform Votes
287
36.70%
Sun CommunitiesOutperform Votes
382
62.83%
Underperform Votes
226
37.17%

Mid-America Apartment Communities presently has a consensus target price of $174.96, suggesting a potential upside of 15.84%. Sun Communities has a consensus target price of $166.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.27%. Given Sun Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mid-America Apartment Communities
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Sun Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Summary

Mid-America Apartment Communities beats Sun Communities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MAA vs. The Competition

MetricMid-America Apartment CommunitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.61B$5.99B$6.20B$14.66B
Dividend Yield3.82%7.29%8.87%3.82%
P/E Ratio27.5120.71136.4120.49
Price / Sales8.724.995,760.0111.39
Price / Cash14.2710.5224.0124.63
Price / Book2.821.863.576.91
Net Income$637.44M$195.38M$646.06M$867.68M
7 Day Performance5.37%3.66%4.48%4.44%
1 Month Performance-2.92%-5.71%-4.86%-3.43%
1 Year Performance-29.20%-28.05%-3.43%-12.31%

Mid-America Apartment Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUI
Sun Communities
2.7301 of 5 stars
$137.06
+2.7%
$166.63
+21.6%
-22.2%$17.06B$2.93B69.227,594Analyst Report
News Coverage
ESS
Essex Property Trust
2.7783 of 5 stars
$204.31
+2.0%
$256.15
+25.4%
-40.8%$13.18B$1.61B32.531,772Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UDR
UDR
2.2884 of 5 stars
$39.39
+2.7%
$47.87
+21.5%
-30.4%$12.97B$1.52B157.561,326Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
EQR
Equity Residential
2.6622 of 5 stars
$57.58
+3.0%
$72.00
+25.0%
-34.9%$21.80B$2.74B27.952,400Analyst Report
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
2.9778 of 5 stars
$65.47
+2.4%
$76.13
+16.3%
-15.1%$12.19B$1.45B42.794,200Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
2.6655 of 5 stars
$162.20
+3.1%
$202.78
+25.0%
-33.9%$22.70B$2.59B20.002,947Analyst Report
CPT
Camden Property Trust
3.3099 of 5 stars
$102.64
+2.1%
$139.62
+36.0%
-38.9%$10.95B$1.42B17.141,650Analyst Report
Positive News
VTR
Ventas
2.4028 of 5 stars
$43.98
+2.1%
$56.27
+28.0%
-31.0%$17.59B$4.13B-366.50434News Coverage
WPC
W. P. Carey
2.6569 of 5 stars
$78.21
+1.6%
$86.80
+11.0%
-5.4%$16.47B$1.48B26.16183News Coverage
Positive News
IRM
Iron Mountain
2.1673 of 5 stars
$50.97
+1.8%
$60.40
+18.5%
-5.9%$14.83B$5.10B26.8327,600Short Interest ↑
This page (NYSE:MAA) was last updated on 4/2/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff